Police chase ends in arrest of parolees

Two parolees led Onondaga County Sheriff's deputies on a car chase in Syracuse Thursday night before deputies captured the pair.

Two deputies were injured and a police car was damaged in the chase, which began when an Operation Impact patrol attempted to stop a Pontiac Montana on Marcellus Street around 9:25 p.m. The driver refused to pull over and sped away.

The driver, later identified as Anthony Fudge, 28, of 1208 Hawley Ave., led police in a pursuit through the West Side and into the South Side, driving through a chain link fence at one point and deliberately crashing into a sheriff's patrol car later.

Fudge and his passenger, Keith B. Lee, 30, of 311 Glenwood Ave., ran from the car after driving over a landscaped berm and parking at an apartment complex near Towers Lane. Police caught both men near the complex.

Both were charged were parole violations and resisting arrest. Fudge was charged with assault on a police officer, drug possession and numerous other charges. Both were being held this morning at the Justice Center Jail.

Deputies William June and Terrence Fisher were taken to Crouse Hospital for treatment of their injuries. They were expected to be treated and released.

Lee was sentenced to a seven-year term in prison after he pleaded guilty to felony attempted assault in 2002. He was accused of stabbing a SUNY Morrisville student in the back at a party in November 2000. Lee was paroled in November 2007, state inmate records show.

Fudge was released from prison in September 2007 after serving seven months for drug possession. He has also been a victim of violent crime. Fudge was stabbed in the face in 2006, shot in the leg in 2002, stabbed in the chest and thigh in a 1999 road rage incident and shot in the head and leg in 1998 while leaving a party.